title: Reemergence of dengue in Cuba: a 1997 epidemic in Santiago de Cuba.
abstract: After 15 years of absence, dengue reemerged in the municipality of Santiago de Cuba because of increasing migration to the area by people from disease-endemic regions, a high level of vector infestation, and the breakdown of eradication measures. The 1997 epidemic was detected early through an active surveillance system. Of 2,946 laboratory-confirmed cases, 205 were dengue hemorrhagic fever, and 12 were fatal. No deaths were reported in persons under 16 years of age. Now the epidemic is fully controlled.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kouri", Marianao, Havana, Cuba.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kourí
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Guzmán
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Valdés
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Carbonel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: del Rosario
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vazquez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laferté
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Cabrera
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes; D000818:Animals; D003462:Cuba / Q000453:epidemiology; D003715:Dengue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D019468:Disease Management; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007300:Insect Control; D007303:Insect Vectors; D011159:Population Surveillance